ChatGPT Down in India? OpenAI Chatbot Faces Major Outage: Details Here
ChatGPT suffered a major outage in India and globally on September 3, leaving users unable to access the app and website. OpenAI also rolled out new parental controls.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT faced a major outage on September 3, with users across India reporting login failures on both app and website.
On Wednesday, a significant worldwide outage affected OpenAI's popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, preventing users from accessing the website or app. Particularly in India, the disruption has generated a lot of annoyance and discussion on social media.
What Caused the ChatGPT Outage?
Around 12:44 PM IST, outage reports started to spike sharply, with over 500 complaints coming from India alone, according to Downdetector, a website that monitors online service interruptions. Almost 99 percent of reports cited ChatGPT services specifically.
Regarding the reason for the outage and the anticipated return of regular service, OpenAI has not yet issued an official statement.
User Responses to Flood X
Even though the outage was only temporary, it caused a flurry of clever reactions and memes on X (formerly Twitter). Numerous users voiced their dissatisfaction and questioned OpenAI's capacity to meet the growing demand for generative AI tools.
OpenAI Introduces Parental Controls During Outages
It's interesting that the outage occurred at the same time that OpenAI subtly unveiled new ChatGPT parental control features. The company's most recent blog post states that parents can now:
- Connect their profiles to those of their kids.
- Turn off functions like memory and chat history.
- Establish age-appropriate guidelines for AI reactions.
The update coincides with continuing discussions regarding how AI tools affect the mental health of teenagers.
